Editing Clay County, Florida (section)

==Education==
[[File:Clay County District Schools.jpg|thumb|[[Clay County School District (Florida)|Clay County School District]] headquarters]]
The [[Clay County School District (Florida)|Clay County School District]] operates 42 public schools, with currently 28 elementary schools, five junior high schools, six high schools, and one junior/senior high school.

As of the 2021-22 school year, the school district received an "A" grade from the [[Florida Department of Education]] and was ranked the tenth top school district in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solodev |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Florida School Accountability Reports |url=https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/accountability-reporting/school-grades/ |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=www.fldoe.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, [[U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News and World Report]] ranked [[Fleming Island High School]] the top high school in Clay County and 91st in Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |title=These 8 First Coast high schools just made U.S. News rankings of Florida's top 50 schools |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2023/09/05/which-8-first-coast-high-schools-did-u-s-news-rank-with-floridas-best/70727744007/ |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=The Florida Times-Union |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Libraries===
The Clay County Public Library System consists of five branches:
* Green Cove Springs Library
* Headquarters Library (Fleming Island)
* Keystone Heights Library
* Middleburg-Clay Hill Library
* Orange Park Library

The first public library in Clay County was made up of a small collection established by the Village Improvement Association within the county.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Clay County Public Library System|url=http://digital.lib.usf.edu/SFS0000117/00001|access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> Other small libraries were established by other organizations within Clay County. In 1961, representatives from different women's organizations in the county started a movement to establish a library system within the county, and resulted in the Clay County Board of County Commissioners beginning to set aside funds to create the county library system.<ref name="auto"/> Due to their efforts, the first public library in Clay County was opened in 1961 in [[Green Cove Springs, Florida|Green Cove Springs]].<ref name="auto"/> The Green Cove Springs Library purchased a [[bookmobile]] in 1962 and began to provide outreach services to different areas within Clay County that same year.<ref name="auto"/> In 1962 two more public libraries opened in Clay County, the Keystone Heights Library and the Orange Park Library.<ref name="auto"/> A fire destroyed the Keystone Heights Library in February 1962.<ref name="auto"/> The Keystone Heights Library was relocated to a new building in Theme Park in 1964.<ref name="auto"/> The Headquarters Library in Green Cove Springs became open to the public in 1970 after a population boom caused the need for a new library.<ref name="auto"/> In 1976, the Orange Park Library moved to a larger location within the town of [[Orange Park, Florida|Orange Park]].<ref name="auto"/> The population growth experienced in the county during the late 1970s necessitated the development of the Middleburg-Clay Hill Library, which first opened in a storefront in the late 1970s.<ref name="auto"/> The permanent facility for this library was completed and opened to the public in 1986.<ref name="auto"/>